hello so we are today on some frequently asked questions and uh questions and answers
uh there's somebody asked just the other day my colors are great when first applied
but then become dull when it rains the color jumps out what am i doing wrong
well it doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong but the uh when you say the rain
uh makes the colors pop out and it's uh and they don't when it's not raining well that's because
the rain is drawing the colors out like a lacquer wood and that's like why you would use lacquer we
could say the lacquer kind of simulates the rain really like a wet look or some sometimes
it'll be a wet look if you're doing like a gloss piece so obviously the rain brings out the colors
and lacquers will also bring out your colors also which is why
you might use lacquer sometimes besides just protecting your piece so this uh
concrete leaf here has like a glass i'm sorry this uh concrete leaf here has a gloss lacquer over him
which um i remember before putting the lacquer on you couldn't see the purple pinky tones on
the leaf and the gloss brought those colors out so i don't know if you can see it on the camera but
you should see some purple as well as the green on this concrete leaf i actually prefer a matte
lacquer and this is a matte lacquer on this leaf here so we painted this in like an autumnal style
and incidentally you can see a lot of videos on the channel where with where we um paint concrete
leaves and such and uh there's some videos on the different lacquers that we use here so like
i say there's an autumnal leaf here and you can probably see the colors pop out a little bit
on the video it's got yellows and browns there to give that autumnal look this piece although
there's not a lot of color in this piece this was lacquered with a matte lacquer like the last leaf
and just to bring out some subtleties i tried to sort of go for a marbled effect behind
the actual dragon design on this plaque and there are some silver paint on the celtic designs and
to highlight the wings like i say finished off with a matte lacquer
this plaque here hasn't got any lacquer on at all but the colors aren't too bad i guess
sometimes it depends on how you paint it but if i was to put some lacquer on this plaque
that would enhance the colors a lot more you could think of it like um as improving the contrast
when you apply lacquer to your pieces so that's about it just a simple little solution to a
problem there other problems that you might have with painting is like when
you're mixing your paints you want to sort of keep if you're mixing your own colors up
keep your colors to a minimum to avoid any sort of muddiness on your in your paint colors so
you don't want too muddy if you if you start using too many colors they tend to get too
muddy so keep things simple and obviously try things out before you apply it to your main
piece uh so that's about it so yeah if you want your colors to pop out more
on your uh painted pieces uh objects concrete things resin things or whatever even paintings uh
just use some lacquer like i said i prefer matte lacquer but other people prefer gloss
all that standard personal preference and just another quick thing remember to be mindful when
you apply your paint obviously you apply your paint wet and it's going to be there may be a
noticeable difference in the color when it's wet and uh compared to that of when it's dry
so obviously bear that in mind and get used to your materials and just to see what's what so um
the paint will most likely dull down a little bit
um after it dries of course so that's another thing to bear in mind
and that's about it so i hope this video helped we'll see you soon and over now
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